Instow · North Devon · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeWithin 3.1 miles of this postcode
Holywell Church of England School
Academy converter
Bishops Tawton Primary School
Foundation school
The Shoreline Academy
Academy alternative provision sponsor led
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
0 female, 1 male
1,976 residents
955 residents
2,664 residents
2,936 residents
2,878 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX31 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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within 5 km
LANDKEY ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 9LL
ODS code L83035
3.6 km
BRANNAMS SQUARE, LITCHDON STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 8GP
ODS code L83073
3.8 km
6-7 QUEEN STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 8HY
ODS code L83003
4.0 km
11-13 BEARDS ROAD, FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 2PG
ODS code L83057
4.3 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Eastacombe
BCT · Eastacombe
Eastacombe
BCT · Eastacombe
Old Post Office
BCT · Tawstock
Old Post Office
BCT · Tawstock
Rushcott Cross
BCT · St Johns Chapel
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Devon 012E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,758 of 33,755
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
20 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Holywell Church of England School is the nearest published school at 729 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.